Improved halter-clasp



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. EAEDEN PLUMSTEAD, 0E LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IM PROVED HLTER-CLASP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,307, dated une 20,1865.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. HARDEN PLUMSTEAD, ofLynn, in the county of Essexand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Devicefor Attaching and Connecting Together Straps of Leather and otherMaterials for Making Halters; and I hereby declare the following to be afull and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, `reference being had to the drawings annexed and forming part ofthis specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a method of constructing a halterby the combination of straps, ring, clasps, andrivets, as hereinafterdescribed, which shall be safe, strong, and economical, and at the sametime conform readily to the comfort and motions of lthe animal securedby it.

In the said drawings, Figure l represents th'e metallic rin gA, towhichI attach the straps by means of the clasps B B, as seen in Fig. 2,which represents the device in full, the straps c c', attached to thering A by the clasps or hinges B B,to which they are made fast bytherivetsd d and e c.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation.

I make the ring A of iron or other Suitable metal,in or about the formrepresented in Fig. 1, and around its two straight sides I pass theclasps or hinges B B, which I usually makeof malleable iron, and whichare so made that they will move and turn freely thereon, and then tosaid clasps I attach the straps c and c securely by the rivets d d and ee. The tie-rope can be secured to the circular side of the ring A in anyconvenient manner.

In the usual form of halters, in which the leather straps are connectedtogether by being Sewed or stifdy riveted to the buckle or ring, they donot readily yield to the motion of the animals head, and sc areuncomfortable; and, again, the leather being `constantly exposed to dirtand wet, from thefced of the animal and other causes, becomes hard andrigid, and unless some meansare provided for its moving and turningfreely on the ring or buckle it necessarily becomes cracked or broken.

My invention is intended to obviate these and other objections, and bythe simple device described to secure perfect freedom of action, andavoid all undue strain upon the leather, While the metallic clasp isstronger, neater, and less expensive than a clasp formed bythecontinuation of the leather around the sides of the ring or D, and themeans of fastening them by rivets, as described, cheaper and stronger lthan by stitching. 'e

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- The ring A, asconstructed, in combination with the clasps B B, constructed,arran ged,and operating as described, and for the purposes set forth.

J. H. PIlUMSTEAD.

Witnesses S. EDWlN IvEsoN, D. S. NEAL.

